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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Bone in "Bastard out of Carolina" and Offred in "The Handmaid's Tale." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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be more different. This brief essay considers the books and the contrast between the two women. Bastard Out of Carolina The protagonist of this novel, Ruth Anne Boatwright,
nicknamed "Bone," is driven by shame and rage. The girl is convinced of her essential unlovability and manifests a sense of herself as "weak, dirty and defective" (Bouson, 2001,
p. 101). The reason for her self-loathing is the fact that shes illegitimate, a point which Allison makes repeatedly. Bones mother Anney is 15 when the girl
is born, the labor brought on by a car crash that renders Anney unconscious for three days, with the result that Bones grandmother and aunt take charge of the situation.
When the time comes to register the birth, the two women cant agree on the fathers last name (hes long since run away), and gave two different names when
the clerk asked. "Catching the discrepancy, the clerk got mad and stamped ILLEGITIMATE in oversized red-inked block letters on her birth certificate" (Bouson, 2001, p. 101). Bone says,
"there I was--certified a bastard by the state of South Carolina" (Bouson, 2001, p. 101). However, beneath the humor of the scene lies the fact that Bones "identity is
unstable" (Bouson, 2001, p. 101). Bouson contends that it is really her shame that is Bones core; and that her deep sense of worthlessness in some ways makes
her vulnerable to acts that will shame her even more. Thus, when her mother marries "Daddy Glen," its all but assured that he will abuse her, which he does.
As the narrative goes on, Bone begins to identify with the Boatwrights, her poor white relatives, and "she internalizes their white trash shame" (Bouson, 2001, p. 101).
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